RPC I, 3550

 

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Coin type
Volume I
Number 3550
Province Galatia
Region Galatia
City Koinon of Galatia
Reign Tiberius
Person (obv.) Tiberius (Augustus)
Magistrate Titus Helvius Basila (presbeutes)
Issue Series 1: Basila
Dating c. AD 14/15, or 35/7?
Obverse inscription ΤΙΒΕΡΙΟϹ ΚΑΙϹΑΡ
Edition Τιβέριος Καῖσαρ Τιβέριος Καῖσαρ
Translation Tiberius Caesar
Obverse design bare head of Tiberius, right
Reverse inscription ΕΠΙ ΒΑϹ ΠΡΕϹΒΕΥΤΟΥ
Edition ἐπὶ Βασίλα πρεσβευτοῦ ἐπὶ Βασ(ίλα) πρεσβευτοῦ
Translation under Basila presbeutes
Reverse design lion walking, right
Metal copper-based alloy
Average diameter 20 mm
Average weight 5.53 g
Axis 12
Reference NC 1950, 44–5, no. 7, Devreker 191, no. 7
Specimens 5 (2 in the core collections)
Die-links 1–3: same obv. die.
Note Mint uncertain.
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Specimens of this coin type

# Specimen Museum Bibliography
1 1     P: 43 GRMK 229, no. 2
2 2     B: Löbb.
3 3     vA 6114
4 4     M. B. Richter coll.
5 5     ✸ SPQR 12, 4 March 2026, lot 704